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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BLIND RECREATION CENTER OF SAN DIEGO.

Totals

Total revenue
$298,443
Total expenses
$184,848
Contributions and grants received
$251,747
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,007
Investment income
$15,821
Other revenue
$29,868
Total assets, end of year
$1,916,266
Total liabilities, end of year
$160
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,916,106
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$149,819
Management and general expenses
$35,029
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$149,819

Program services were 81.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $2,920

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $248,827

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $3,736

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Program Revenue

    total $1,007 · related or exempt $1,007

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $15,821 · excluded $15,821

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $5,200

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $5,200

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $5,200 · excluded $5,200

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $28,551

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $3,883

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $24,668 · excluded $24,668

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $5,339 · management and general $5,339

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $5,574 · management and general $5,574

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $270 · program services $270

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,560 · program services $3,026 · management and general $534

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $14,216 · program services $12,084 · management and general $2,132

  • 17 · Travel

    total $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $80,443 · program services $68,377 · management and general $12,066

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $11,482 · program services $9,760 · management and general $1,722

  • 24a · Other expenses: Cleaning

    total $14,788 · program services $12,570 · management and general $2,218

  • 24b · Other expenses: Program Activities

    total $10,336 · program services $10,336

  • 24c · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

    total $10,225 · program services $8,691 · management and general $1,534

  • 24d · Other expenses: Repairs and Maintenance

    total $6,224 · program services $5,290 · management and general $934

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $22,391 · program services $19,415 · management and general $2,976

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $46,969 · end of year $236,991

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $24,629 · end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $6,200 · end of year $4,011

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,764 · end of year $2,753

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $2,973,734

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $1,764,563

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,258,769 · end of year $1,209,171

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $463,340 · end of year $463,340

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $160 · end of year $160

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,792,614 · end of year $1,906,209

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $9,897 · end of year $9,897

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Provide recreation, social, and educational activities for blind and visually impaired persons.

  • The Blind Recreation Center provides social, recreational, and educational activities for blind individuals of San Diego County. On-site activities such as crafts, self-defense classes help promote self-esteem. The center organizes outdoor activities and sporting events, and it also organizes social events such as an annual picnic, annual lunch for volunteers, and various holiday parties. The center provides transportation to off-site locations. It also provides Braille transcriptions of its newsletter, program materials, and organization documents. The center's activities attracted approx. 49 due paying members.See Schedule O for additional information.

    Expenses $149,819 · Revenue $1,007

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Christie Greene

    Director & Busi

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    35
  • Lyn Gwizdak

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tom Treher

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Diane Hall

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    11
  • Clytie Koehler

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Eric Linebarger

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Yvette Lee

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Nena Guillen

    Past President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    14
  • Ether Kirtley

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Brook Logan

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    9
  • Sharlene Ornelas

    Past President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Lion Mary Manning

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    16.5

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
16 July 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202521979349301022

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